Ramna Thana ( bn, রমনা থানা) is a police jurisdiction in central

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. It is a historic colonial neighborhood. Once the site of Mughal gardens, it developed into an institutional area during

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in the late 19th century. It became a focal point for Dhaka's modernization in the 1960s. It was the scene of many tumultuous events that ushered the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. The Ramna Thana falls under the jurisdiction of the

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. The Ramna Thana area hosts the Ramna Park (also known as Ramna Green) which is the largest park in Dhaka, seen being akin to

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's Maidan,

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's Hyde Park and

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. The

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(formerly the Ramna Race Course Maidan) is the second largest park in Dhaka. The annual parades and concerts of the

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take place in the Ramna Thana area. The Ramna Thana is also home of other important sites including the

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, the

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, the Dhaka High Court, the

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, the

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headquarter, the

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hotel, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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Hospital, the

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Dhaka, the

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, the Shaheed Minar, the official residences of the Bangladeshi ministers and official state guest houses.

Geography

Ramna Thana is at . It has an area of .

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh

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, the Ramna Thana had a population of 195,167. Males constituted 58.32% of the population and females 41.68%. The thana's population of those age 18 and higher was 127,049.

In popular culture

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, '

Ramna Ramna Thana ( bn, রমনা থানা) is a police jurisdiction in central Dhaka. It is a historic colonial neighborhood. Once the site of Mughal gardens, it developed into an institutional area during British rule in the late 19th centu ...

' refers to the areas that fall under the G series, the name of which was borrowed from this neighborhood in

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. This name was given at the time

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was still a part of

and meant to acknowledge its importance to

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. The term is used for G-series sectors from G-5 (Ramna-5) upto G-17 (Ramna-17) which is last sector of this series in Islamabad. There is also the Model Police Station Ramna situated in Islamabad's G-11 sector.

References

Thanas of Dhaka {{Dhaka-geo-stub

Geography

Demographics

In popular culture

See also

References